Saddam Hussein, if he is a monster, is a monster of our own creation; we built him up

We have no very compelling evidence that he has nuclear weapons, or that if he does he intends to use them

However, we suspect that he might build them, use them, or pass them onto someone who might use them, and we are not currently in a mood to take chances

Therefore, we reluctantly find ourself in an unholy mess largely of our making, the best solution to which appears to wade further into the gore with an attack on Iraq that is completely unjustified under any concept of a "just war", but which makes us feel more secure about the world and has the secondary effect of removing a dictator we don't like

I have this disease of the inner ear which makes me fall asleep at political meetings until someone mentions tea and biscuits, at which point I wake up and vote for the people who seem the nicest. Don't blame me, I'm a sufferer. I sure as hell would be grateful if someone would fill me in on the missing premises ... (I put the righties chants in bold and colours, because they're usually louder and more annoying)

Personally, every day I move closer and closer to Bill Hicks' position on the first Gulf War; "for the war, but against the troops".0 comments this item posted by the management 8/16/2002 12:10:00 AM